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"No worries at all! I usually have the same problem, but I opted for contacts today." Natsuki giggled, wrinkling her nose and smiling. "For a moment there, I thought perhaps my perfume was too strong."

A flush wiped itself across her cheeks. The miss was her fault, but Dr. Kyou was kind enough to blame his spectacles on it. It surprised her to see such a handsome man be completely shy and almost bookish. She found it really cute. Biting her lip with a bit of girlish charm, she leaned over the counter, to get a better look at his face. Looking into his eyes, a twinkle flashed in her own.

"Those frame flatter your face, but you also look very handsome without them," she said as her thick lashes closed again. The flush lingered slightly, but just enough to show she was a bit nervous as well. "Don't be shy. I won't bite."

There is something about shy guys that really winds Natsuki up. The kiss was refined and tender, with perfect hint of strength behind it. She found his touch comforting but intriguing as well. Unable to tell if time slowed or stopped completely, it wasn't until he said 'thank you' that she slowly opened her eyes again. Looking at Kyou with her gray eyes, she touched the side of his face gently, rubbing a blushy spot with her thumb. Natsuki appreciated the good Doctor's actions. Taking her handkerchief from her pocket, she picked up his glasses, and wiped the lenses carefully before setting them back on the table carefully.

"The pleasure's entirely mine, Dr. Kyou," Natsuki smiled, folding the handkerchief neatly and tucking it back in her purse. "I was told you are a fan of sweets. I'll bring by some of my homemade cheese cake next time I am in town. I hope we'll meet again, soon."

Taking a step back, she bowed politely and gave him another warm smile and a fond wave. Dr. Kyou certainly made up for her somewhat humiliating experience with Roux.

Natsuki slowly walked away from Dr. Kyou's booth, holding her head a little higher. Kissing the good doctor certainly lifted her spirits. Feeling a little luckier, she decided to mosey on back to the dice pan, and give it one last go around. Shaking up her dice, she made a silent wish and gave them a hurl. Round and round they went before clattering to a halt.

"Forty... plus... two? 42!" Natsuki gasped, looking at the numbers on the dice and matching them with the chart. ""A prize! Lucky!! Rivener? I wonder what he or she looks like?"

Natsuki quickly picked up the instant camera and snapped a picture of her tiny victory. she chalked it up to Dr. Kyou, and his unintentional good luck kiss. Setting the camera down, she hurried over to Chloe's booth, waving the photo excitedly.

"I can't believe it, Chloe!" Natsuki bounced, proudly posing with the picture. "It looks like I get to take Lucky 42 home with me."

Lorenzo blinked at Natsuki as she came bouncing to Chloe's booth. This was the girl with the candy! He licked his reptilian lips, as if he could still taste the raspberry sweet. Once he was put on the booth, he walked in circles between the two girls, looking between them. There were no real reasons for his actions, other than he was trying to watch them both and it seemed most logical to him.

When Chloe offered up the plushie, the Gwee chittered in delight. Alex had one of those, too! He took to the air between the two, looking at the plushie with great interest. He wondered if it was soft like the other one. When they got home, Zoe planned to take the plushie and add it to his collection; he often liked to sleep amongst stuffed animals, because they were so much softer than he was. They made for good cuddling!

Alex was still standing near Roux's booth, but not in front of him anymore. Her attention had been locked on Chloe and Lorenzo for a while now. She furrowed her eyebrows in thought, choosing to observe the woman and the Gwee a bit longer.

"You know Mister...you really stink at kissing..." A small voice chimed in from below Kyou. Tyson was looking up at the warlock from where he sat, an amused look on his face.

"Haven't you ever seen a...a.. chicken movie before?" The boy asked, referring to a chick flick, only remembering that it had the word chick in it, which must have meant chicken. Or atleast that's what he suspected. "They always kiss in the end. I think you need to watch them more. Maybe then you'd remember to take off your glasses." Tyson commented with a nod of his head as he continued to sit under the booth. His arms crossed over his puffy coat, thinking he knew all about that stuff.

His sister had those movies on at times, with them came popcorn, icecream, and candy. So of course the eight year old would sit down and watch them if their was enough of that fattening food to keep him distracted.

"Oh! And mister! Why do you have a tail? And horns? And why are your ears like that? You look like the villians in my comic books! Or, or, a...hmm...it's this thing in one of our books at home. They live up in the mountains, or was it in the forest....I don't know but they eat kids!"

After Tyson said that he paused, and looked Kyou over,"Your...ummm...not gonna eat me are you?" He asked cautiously, his hazel eyes squinting in suspicion as he stared up at the blushing man.

Forced to turn to his guardian, and away from Lazarus, Rivener was not happy. He frowned down at the human. "What the hell are you doing?" he snapped, grabbing Aph by the arm and pulling him up from behind the booth, where he'd been crouching and peeking over the edge.

"There's a w-weird guy..."

"Well, don't just come running in here and almost hurting Vyn!" he hissed, his voice taking on a sibiliant quality that reminded Aph of his old Cuddles for a minute. "Now stop being a pansy and get out of my booth," he added, a touch of tolerance in his words taking the sting of them away.

Aph was promptly pushed out into the aisle, to stand alone in front of the kiosk. The guardian glanced around wearily, making sure the fishboy wasn't coming back for him... No, no one around. Aph made his way carefully to the hot chocolate booth again, needing a new one.

Now that Aph was out of his hair, Rivener could turn his attention to Laz again, watching him clandestinely from the side of his eyes.

Chloe was about to point Rivener out to Natsuki but she wandered off, leaving her to focus on the small Gwee once more. She reached out to give a poke to it's little tummy, sighing slightly.


Roux sighed, staring into space as he floated in his booth.